The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA,
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Two GuanO Warehouses at MontezumS
Owned by SavaAnah Firms Destroyed
by Fire "A Griffin Boys Remarkable
Memory-A Dublinite Badly Injured
While Trying to Catch a Train.
GEORGIA
W. NJ. West, of Sylvania, lost his gin
house and four bales of cotton by fire last
Friday night
Five factory operatives at Augusta have
each drawn 81 900 in lottery on ticket
they held jointly.
A Brunswick firm has just received four.
teen car loads of -four from Illinois. II
came in a single train.
Rev. H. C., Hornady has been unani-
mously reelected as pastor of the First Bap-
fist church in Conyers for next year.
Judge David Benns died at his home in
Harris county, fourteen miles from Column
bus, Sunday afternoon at the advanced age
of 81 years
The Capital City Club at Atlanta will, on
the evening of Oct Is, entertain President
Cleveland and his wife. The reception will
be from 10 10 o'clock, and admission to the
club will be solely by card.
Some fine specimens of iron ore have been
found in Ebert county recently. There are
also indications of copper in some places.
There are minerals of many different kinds,
and in large quantities throughout that sec
ton.
At Augusta the old walls of the Masonic
building were condemned Wednesday, and
are being pulled down. The work of build
ing will go steadily on, and Masonic Temple
will add much to the beauty of the thor
oughfare.
j. M. Mills, of Griffin, has 229 Duke
cigarette pictures in his window framed
and Master Ellsworth Hall has the remark
able memory to remember the number of
any picture named, and the name Of the
actress represented by that number.
Davis Daniel, negro laborer on the Cru
ger place in West Dougherty, came 10 Al
bany Tuesday for repairs to his right hand.
II was found that the first and second fin
gers of the right hand were so 1acerated
and cut that they had to be amputated.
Jim is the brush boy in the cambridge
barber shop. He has spent his leisure mo-
ments in studying Kepplers drawings in
Puck, and as a resultA has made a pencil
drawing of Cleveland, which, considering
experience, etc, is a really creditable piece
of work. Jim is coal black boy of 10
years.
The ancient belled buzzard may not have
been a myth, as belled buzzard was sent
on his way rejoicing, Tuesday, in Albany.
Buford Walters climbed up to the cone of
bilzzard. He carried it to r. A. Halls
warehouse and procured a bell, fastened it
around its neck and set it at liberty.
Elberton Gazette: The Washington
Gosette and Chronicle have agreed to fix
the price of subscription at 81 so each.
This is a sensible conclusion, as any man
who has had experience in publishing a
country weekly knows that it cannot be
done successfully at 81 a year. unless it has
better advertising patronage than nine
tenths of them have.
A dwelling house on the farm of j. W.
Freeman, near Rocky Ford, known as the
Gail place. was burned last Monday night,
together with about one bale of cotton. The
house was occupied by Sam Moffit, tenant
of Mr.. Freeman, who lost all his household
effects. The fire is thought TO have been
the work of an incendiary. No clue has
been found as to who the guilty one is.
The latest evidence of natural gas has
been found on the place owned by Henry
Gelhouse, Just three miles north of Griffin
Mr. Galhouse says that men from the North
who have been entirely familiar with the
signs Of natural gas assure him he has
stream which proves conclusively that gas
well sunk on his place would prove not
only lucrative to himself, but would benefit
the town
At Macon Wednesday, Thomas H. & w.
B. Willingham drew up the papers for an
assignment on the part of John r. Ellis of
the Southern Seed Company, in favor of
John r. West, who assumed charge of the
business. The failure is a straight-out.
honest one. The assets are about $22 900,
and the liabilities about $1,000 With
careful management all the debts will be
paid in full
At Griffin, Tuesday, a negro boy IS wears
old, by the name Of Elijah Combs, while
packing bale of cotton at the gin of w. H.
Boyce, accidently got his left hand caught
IN the cogs of the press and before he could
extricate himself the hand and forearm were
nsngled in a terrible manner The lower
bone Of the arm was crushed into innumera-
ble pieces, and the boy suffered excruciating
pain until it was amputated.
Isaac Whaley, of Webster county. at
tempted to step out of a small ditch, one
day last week, and putting one of his feet
ON the side of the ditch, the dirt gave wav. :
throwing him forward on small lightwood
knot. He struck on his side, and the knot
pushed in and broke a rib. He suffers con-
siderably, but keeps moving about. He had
two ribs, leg, and collar bone broken
before, and is getting used to the breaking
process.
At Columbus every few DAYS complaints
are made at police headquarters of dishonest
washerwonen. These women go around
soliciting washing, giving a name and adj
dress and promising to return the wash at
the end of the week. The end of the week
arrives, but no washerwoman and no
clothes. Investigation leads to the fact that
the names and addresses given are fictitious,
and the owners Of the clothes report their
grievances to the police
At Gainesville, John Layton, a lad of
IL or 10 years, was assisting his father in
grinding sorghum to make syrup last Thurs
day, and was accidentally struck by the
lever that turns the mill and caught be
tween it and the cap over the rollers and
crushed TO death. On being released he
walked off piece and said to his father.
get something to wash the blood off. Pm
not hurt" but he became sick and was
laid on the grass and died in few mo
ments
The catching of beavers is not lost art
in Barlow county, as was clearly demon
strated by w. F. Jones, on the Etowah, be-
tween the railroad and wagon bridges. He
set his traps few days ago, and the first
catch was large muskrat Tuesday morn
ing, on going to his traps, he found he had
caught the boss beaver, which weighed
sixty-nine and one-half pounds. The tail
and one hind foot he sends to the Piedmont
exposition, to be placed with the Barlow
county exhibit.
AT Montezuma fire broke out about dark
wednesday IN Maxwells guano houses near
the track of the railroad One of the houses